Edinburgh has dozens of fantastic children’s clubs and classes to keep the kids busy during the holidays.
If you’d like your club added to the listings, contact us at info@informededinburgh.co.uk or 0131 557 0042.
Featured Clubs and Classes
Kiss The Fish
Location: 9 Dean Park Street, Stockbridge
Contact: Rhona Johnston johnston_rhona@hotmail.com
Tel: 0131 332 8912
Arts and crafts for all ages.
Love Drama
Location: Across Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians
Contact: Kirsten McCrossan kirsten@lovedrama.co.uk
Tel: 07763 630967
After school drama classes during term time and drama and theatre groups during the February, Easter, Summer and October breaks for 4 – 16 year-olds.
Arts and Craft Holiday Clubs
Doodles Ceramic Pottery Studio
Location: 29 Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh
Prices: Around £55 for a week of daily classes from 10am-12pm.
Doodles offer a selection of weekly pottery/art classes during the holidays for children.
The Craft Kitchen
Location: 23 Columba Road, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 538 0947
Classes for school-age children throughout the holidays. Glass painting, mosaics, silk painting and much more.
The Edinburgh Rudolph Steiner School
Location: Spylaw Road, Edinburgh EH10 5BR
Tel: 0131 337 3410
Easter and summer creative activity weeks for school-aged children, with arts/crafts, singing, dance, baking and lots of fun.
South Morningside Holiday Club
Tel: 0131 447 6800
A programme of activities during the summer holidays for kids aged 5-12 years. Open from 8.30am -5.30pm. The activities available include arts and crafts, baking, drama, trips out, etc. Full and half days available.
Dance, Drama and Music Holiday Clubs
Love Drama
Location: Across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife
Contact: Kirsten McCrossan (kirsten@lovedrama.co.uk)
Tel: 07763 630967
After-school drama classes during term time and drama and theatre groups during February, Easter, Summer and October breaks. For 4 – 16 year-olds.
Dance for All
Tel: 0131 226 5533
Summer dance school based in Stockbridge.
The Drama Studio
Location: 9 locations around Edinburgh.
Tel: 0131 453 3284
Creative activities during holidays, including drama, singing, visual arts, film making, dressing up, parachute games and face painting. Full and half day classes available.
Edinburgh Acting School
Location: 15 Orwell Place, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 337 5155
Drama and music for school-age children held at the Pleasance during the term-time holidays. Weekly courses in Edinburgh and Haddington.
The Edinburgh Rudolph Steiner School
Location: Spylaw Road, Edinburgh EH10 5BR
Tel: 0131 337 3410
Easter and summer creative activity weeks for school aged children, with arts/crafts, singing, dance, baking and lots of fun.
National Youth Theatre
Tel: (020) 7281 3863
National Youth Theatre aims to give young people the chance to work in a professional theatre environment. Courses are in various areas, including acting, costume, lighting and sound and stage management. Membership is open to all young people between the ages of 13-21. To apply for an audition, please call the audition helpline on (0845) 6039063.
Youth Music Theatre
Tel: (0870) 240 5057
Having fun, making new friends, being independent, getting creative, singing, acting and dancing – these are just a few reasons young people give for joining the YMT’s residential musical theatre course, The Studio.
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Tel: 0131 248 4834
Summer on Stage runs in July, with Junior (11-13 years) and Senior Performance Courses and a Technical Theatre Course. All courses culminate in two performances on stage at the Lyceum Theatre.
Multi Activity / Sports Holiday Clubs
EAC Activity Camp
Location: 46 Bavelaw Road, Edinburgh EH14
Tel: 0131 449 7036 / 0845 1130022
Multi-day and residential camps offering over 50 activities, suitable for ages 5-16. Early morning drop-offs and late collections available.
Edinburgh Academy Sports Centre
Tel: 0131 624 4900
Multi-sports camp for children aged 5 – 14. Full day 9am – 5pm, half days available. Early drop-offs available.
Excel Sports Camp
Location: St. Georges School
Contact: fun@excelsports.co.uk
Tel: 07970 514 514
Sports and recreational activities during Easter and summer holidays based at St. Georges School. Activities include multi-sports, horse riding, martial arts, rock climbing, day trips, tennis, hockey and lots more. Open 9am – 5pm, early drop-off time of 8am and collected up until 6pm. Non-sporting activities also available. For ages 5 – 14 years.
Edinburgh Leisure
Contact: mail@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Tel: 0131 650 1001
Edinburgh Leisure has hundreds of fun activities for young people to enjoy during the holidays. These include the popular Activator and Aquavator Camps, swimming lessons, tennis camps, golf camps, football camps, water sports at Port Edgar. Prices vary with each centre and full and half days are available.
Enjoy-a-Ball
Tel: 0131 333 2286
Easter and summer ball craft and other sports activity camps for ages 5 and older.
Tumbletots
Tel: 01875 819966 or 0131 4442444
Prices: £8 per session
Sessions from 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-4pm, for children 3-7 years old. Children do not need to be members. Includes one hour on the equipment, then snack and arts and crafts, then parachute games to end the fun.
Hermitage Children’s Golf Course
Location: 11 Braid Hill Drive
Tel: 0131 447 5700
Golf classes for children during the school holidays. For children aged 5-11 years.
Earth Calling
Fantastic day adventures to explore your local environment, for ages 8 and over.
King’s Camp
Location: James Gillespie School
Tel: 0845 141 0800
Multi-activity Easter and summer camps suitable for children aged 5 – 17 years, with 20 different sports and activities to choose from.
Little Foxes
Tel: 0131 466 9809
Camp located in spacious, secure playground, offering a variety of activities for school-age children during the holidays.
Morningside Baptist Church
During the summer we have a week-long holiday club which is great fun for those who come from our church or the local area, plus friends. Another exciting event is Easter Camp, during which children aged 8-12 years from Holiday Club and Sunday Club go away for a weeklong camp together.
St Margaret’s School
Location: East Suffolk Road, Edinburgh EH16
Tel: 0131 668 1986
Multi-activity Easter and summer camps for children aged 5 and older. Full and part-time places, full range of activities, and suitable for ages 3-14.
Midlothian Ski
Location: Hillend
Tel: 0131 445 4433
Ski and snowboard lessons available for both groups or individuals during the school holidays.
Westwoods Superstars
Location: Grounds of Fettes School
Tel: 0131 332 5777
Multi-activites for children during the school holidays, open to boys and girls aged 5 – 12 years old. Activities include indoor and outdoor sports, water fun, arts and crafts, dance, drama and lots, lots more.
The Summer Fast Track
Location: George Heriot School
Tel: 0131 466 0764
Multi-activity Easter and summer camps for kids aged 5 and older.
Scoosh Holiday Club
Tel: 0131 667 3596
Full week, part week, and full days. Suits ages 5-14 years. Art zone, chill zone for 10-14 years, many day trips and other activities, such as art/crafts, tennis, hockey, football, etc.
Skool is Out Ltd.
Tel: 07966371544
Call for details.
Sciennes Holiday Care Club
Contact: Sonia
Tel: 0131 662 4810
Summer holiday scheme. Open to all children aged 5 – 12 years old. Care provided from 8.30 am–5.30p.m. daily. Children will have an opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities, including sport, arts and crafts, drama and games.
Go4It Activity Programme
Go4It is an activities and events programme organised during the Easter and summer holidays for young people attending secondary school. The programme is for young people of all abilities, from those who have completed their first year of secondary school up to age 18. Individual support needs are met where possible.
Play4It Activity Programme
The programme is for children of all abilities who are currently in primary school classes P4–P7. Individual support needs are met where possible.
Go4IT and PLAY4IT are organised by The City of Edinburgh Council’s Children and Families Department. This programme is open to children who attend a City of Edinburgh Council school or who live in Edinburgh.
Learning and Computer Holiday Clubs
Whizzkidz
Contact: Gillian (whizz-kidz@tiscali.co.uk)
Tel: 0131 447 5893
Gillian will be running summer computer classes for children and lessons will include word processing, touch-typing, multimedia presentations, educational games and much more.
Explore Learning
Location: Sainbury’s, Craigleith
Tel: 0131 332 3300
After-school and holiday education centre focusing on maths and English.
LCF Clubs
Contact: info@lcfclubs.com
Tel: (01962) 714036
The UK’s Leading Language Club. Summer day camps for French and Spanish.
Futurekids
Location: 136 Comiston Road, Edinburgh EH10 5QN
Contact: edinburgh@futurekids.co.uk
Tel: 0131 466 7746
Futurekids teaches children from 4 years old computer literacy, and run fun courses during school holidays.
Mindlab Edinburgh
Mindlab Edinburgh runs fun courses during school holidays.
Earth Calling
Fantastic day adventures to explore your local environment, for ages 8 and over.
